On Wednesday 10 December 2003 00:36, you wrote:
> My reaction was that $40,000 isnt the cost of hiring an Indian programmer.
> 40,000 includes a lot of overhead.  $40,000 is the cost to an American
> wanting to hire an Indian programmer through a middle-man.
>
> Also, it's important to realize that the $45,000 isn't the W2 rate--its the
> total payroll expense for the firm.
>
> Still top notch Indian programmer, aprox. $10,000/year I've heard--US
> programmer W2-$25,000 maybe, still not bad for the US programmer.
>

Not bad?  It really sucks compared to what I was making just a couple of 
years ago.  Of course, the weak economy is partly to blame, and the internet 
bubble, which left the market with a glut of our kind of talent.  Another 
problem is the overvalued dollar.  I bet a person can live like a king over 
in India for $10K worth of rupees.  

Vaughn Treude

> On Tuesday 2003-12-09 21:13, frankburton@cox.net wrote:
> > I was just wondering what you guys thought of this article.
> > http://businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2003/sb2003122_8887.htm
> >
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